School of Animal Biology

Current postgraduates

• Ali, Ahmed - Improving the nutritive value of lupins by pectinases for poultry
• Bain, Karlene - Ecological study of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus) in the southern forests of south west WA
• Bickell, Samantha - Investigating the effect of temperament in helping establish the ewe-lamb bond
• Binks, Rachel - Reproductive and Genetic Ecology of the Australian sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma (Valenciennes 1846)
• Brown, Rachel - Therapy for Anomia Following Stroke: Applications from Lexical Processing Theory
• Buzatto, Bruno - The evolution of polyphenic male dimorphism in arthropods
• Chadwick, Aprille - Improving Goat Welfare On-farm: Assessing the stress associated with artificial insemination and semen collection of Cashmere goats
• Christophersen, Claus - Grain and artificial stimulation of the rumen change the abundance and diversity of methanogens and their association with ciliates
• Clancy, Rachel - The dispersal of honey possums (Tarsipes rostratus) in relation to habitat fragmentation and fire
• Edward, Karen - Systematics and biogeography of the Goblin spider genus Ischnothyreus (Oonopidae)
• Elliott, Joanne - The roles of attitudes, social influence and human behaviour in the adoption of strategies to improve lamb survival by sheep producers.
• Farid, Waleed - The effects of maternally administered naltrexone on the developing rat brain
• Francis, Jennifer - Understanding Ecological Processes Controlling Biodiversity in Temporary Wetlands of Northern Australia: A Tadpole Model
• Jorre de St Jorre, Trina - Characterisation of the ‘male effect’ in Merino ewes; the importance of novelty and recognition
• Langlands, Peter - Conservation of spiders (Araneae) in the rangelands of Western Australia
• Leng, Frances - Do reptiles (i.e. Squamatas) benefit from hardwood profitable perennial farming systems?
• Levy, Esther - Genetic Variation and Population Viability in the Ornate Dragon Lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus
• Lund, Kirrin - Understanding energy and protein partitioning in alpacas using a nitrogen balance approach
• Mayberry, Dianne - Getting into the guts of a salty problem: does the high level of salt in saltbush reduce the benefits that sheep would otherwise gain from microbial fermentation of the forage?
• Mayberry, Christopher - Management of reproduction in western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus)
• Morellini, Natalie - The effect of Metallothionein on wound healing and re-innervation following a burn injury
• Murray, Travis - Examining the commercial potential of selection on temperament in dairy ewes
• Nang, Charn - The effect of stuttered disfluencies on the temporal deployment of spontaneous speech
• Perks, Sharron - Improving the quality and quantity of sperm obtained from male anurans via assisted reproduction
• Rhodes, Michelle - Impact on aquatic communities associated with changes to sediment and magnesium sulphate loads at the Argyle Diamond Mine, Kununurra, Western Australia.
• Rix, Michael - Taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida: Araneae)
• Robinson, Stephen - The effects of relatedness on mate choice and fitness traits for male and female fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster.
• Schmidt, Sylvie - Ecological Physiology of Macropod Marsupials
• Shikh Maidin, Mashitah - Nutritional control of goat reproduction
• Silla, Aimee - Development and application of assisted reproductive technologies for the conservation of anuran amphibians
• Sood, Sushil - Physical and Chemical constraints in short and long-term storage of emu semen
• Stankowski, Sean - Evolutionary patterns and processes in a continental archipelago radiation of Rhagada land snails
• Stephens, Danielle - Developing DNA-based monitoring techniques for the improved management of feral dogs and dingoes in Australia
• Tay, Sharon - Renal and hormonal responses in offspring of ewes fed a high salt diet during pregnancy
• Van der Weyde, Leanne - Characterising the reproductive biology of the African wild dog quantified through non-invasive faecal sampling: implications for conservation
• Watson, Nicola - The Evolution of Female Ornamentation in Onthophagine Dung Beetles
• Wells, Alexandra - Decision-making in Agriculture – What wool producers intend to do about preventing breech strike beyond 2010 and why
• Williams, Andrew - Mechanisms of immune-mediated scouring in parasite-resistant Merino sheep
• Wojcieszek, Janine - Investigating the role of sexual selection in a Western Australian millipede
• Young, Michael - The evolution of geographical colour pattern variation in the western rainbowfish, Melanotaenia australis (Castelnau 1875)
• van der Waag, Jessica - Dispersal and survival of young Malleefowl in isolated remnants

Graduated students

• Cartledge, Victoria - Water balance in Australian cocooning and non-cocooning desert burrowing frogs
• Carver, Scott - The effect of dryland salinity on biodiversity and trophic processes that regulate Ross River virus disease ecology
• Chambers, Brian - Understanding the impact of human disturbance on the ecology, populaton dynamics and behaviour of tammar wallabies, Macropus eugenii, on Garden Island, WA.
• Clemente, Christofer - Evolution of locomotion in Australian Varanid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) : ecomorphological and ecophysiological considerations
• Creasy, Robert - Host Plant Resistance in Medicago truncatula (Leguminosae) to Acrythosiphon pisum (Aphididae)
• Engelke, Clare - The formation of conjugated linoleic acids in kangaroos and lambs
• Firman, Renee - The evolutionary implications of polyandry in house mice (Mus domesticus)
• Ford, Stewart - Kidney form and function and the role of agrinine vasotocin (AVT) in three agamid lizards from different habitats in Western Australia
• Fox, Elizabeth - Call-independent identification in birds
• Hetherington, Cheryl - Use of deslorelin to manage an urban population of brushtail possums
• Hutton, Peter - Antimicrobial plants of Australia have the potential to prevent lactic acidosis in ruminants
• Lie, Hanne - Not just a pretty face: facial appearance and heterozygosity
• McMaster, Kellie - Ecophysiology of Australian cocooning and non-cocooning, burrowing, desert frogs
• O'Brien, Eleanor - Local adaptation and genetic variation in south-western Australian forest trees: implications for restoration
• Oates, Jessica - The reproductive endocrinology of the honey possum, Tarsipes rostratus and Western pygmy possum, Cercartetus concinnus
• Parsons, Blair - Malleefowl in the fragmented Western Australian wheatbelt: spatial and temporal analysis of a threatened species
• Peters, Marianne - The role of male secondary sexual traits in human mate choice: are they preferred by females and do they signal mate quality?
• Reza Ferasyi, Teuku - Mathematical model of the reproductive endocrine system in male sheep
• Symonds, Andrew - Investigating the expression of the topographic guidance molecules, EphA5 and ephrin-A2, as well as metallothionein function, in the injured and regenerating adult mammalian visual system
• Turner, Peter - The ecological impacts of an environmental weed and the potential to predict the long-term benefits from its biological control through changes in plant and invertebrate communities
• Underwood, Jim - Routine and rare genetic connections in corals off northwest Australia and the implications for conservation